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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    What's in a Name?: Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
    Moderator: Kristina Clark, MD;PhD;MRCP – Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford
    Moderator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathogenic Fibroblasts in the Skin
    Speaker: John Varga, MD – University of Michigan
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
    Defining Pathologic Fibroblasts in the Lung
    Speaker: Tatsuya Tsukui, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Central Time
    High-Intensity Exercise in Inflammatory Arthritis
    Speaker: Kim M. Huffman, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Central Time
    High-Intensity Exercise in Myositis and Other Rheumatic Conditions
    Speaker: Helene Alexanderson, PhD;PT (she/her/hers) – Karolinska University Hospital
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Central Time
    Ebbs and Flow: Endothelial Alterations in Systemic Sclerosis
    Moderator: Francesco Boin, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Session Coordinator: Monica Yang, MD – UCSF
    Moderator: Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD;MHS – UT Health Houston
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Central Time
    Senescence and the Scleroderma Vasculature: A New Lens on Disease Mechanisms
    Speaker: Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Central Time
    Dysregulated Angiogenesis in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
    Speaker: Benjamin Korman, MD – University of Rochester
     CE: 1
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Moderator: Alana Haussmann, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles
    Moderator: Lorinda Chung, MD;MS – Stanford University
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    Personalized Approach to Screening and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases
    Speaker: Kristin B. Highland, MD – Cleveland Clinic
     CE: 1
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    Novel Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissues: A Cardiology Perspective
    Speaker: Benjamin Freed, MD – Northwestern
     CE: 1
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Challenges and Solutions for Management of Raynaud's Phenomenon
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Moderator: Arissa Young, MD – UCLA
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    Practical Approach to Nailfold Capillaroscopy for the Busy Rheumatologist
    Speaker: Tracy Frech, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
     CE: 1
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Emerging Strategies for Evaluating and Treating Raynaud's Phenomenon and Digital Ulcer
    Speaker: John Pauling, PhD, BSc, FRCP, MBBCH – North Bristol NHS Trust & University of Bristol Medical School
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    Say Cheese: Oral Health in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Moderator: Cristina Padilla, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS – University of California, Los Angeles
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Central Time
    Overview of Periodontal and Gingival Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Speaker: Andrew Leask, PhD – University of Saskatchewan
     CE: 1
  • Wednesday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    Treatment Options for Oral Disease in Scleroderma and Sjögren's Disease
    Speaker: Natalia Trehan, DMD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina
     CE: 1